yes, and they all have one thing in common it seems....it looks like someone is clearning out all their posts all over the board...it's the same in the store forum, all of the message were begun by the same person, and are now showing as deleted. It looks like deleting the main post, resurects the thread.

yea, the problem is, this isn't my pc...which is a good thing and a bad thing...lol a dr at the hopsital where hubby works has this laptop for his daughter, and it was so full of crap and viruses and problems, he bought the XP upgrade and wanted it wiped out all but her music, pictures, and personal data files. I managed to save the data files and pictures via an ftp to my geocities page and the file locker here, but there was no way to keep 700mb of music files (which are probably still lurking someplace).. Anyhow, I've done the clean install twice now, and each time i find programs in the program files folder from BEFORE the clean wipe...most don't work cause the dll's are gone that run them, so i been playing guess what's old and delete it game.. If i delete something needed, hey, I still got the cd...LOL The problem is, i know XP is large, but 4.5mb install???? c'mon, no OS can really be that huge? With all the guess and delete i've done so far, i'm up to 2.50gb free space from 1.4 so i guess it's working.....and so far (am on it now lol) it seems fine... SDL....I had to put Bryce in the message someplace so the thread wouldnt be moved by a passing admin...LOL Ardiva, I been reinstalling, updating, compressing, defragging, compressing again, updating more, defragging again....LOL this is ALOT of waiting for this dern laptop to catch up with me...hahahahah electro- Billy is no friend....hahahaha Anyone who designs a system that is this hard to fdisk, has GOT to be sadistic!! LOL Back to the grind i guess...lol I can't wait to get back on my pc again...i keep switching this cable modem back and forth..i miss my pc!!! Thanks everyone!! Jen

oh, and jellyfish modeled in wings...almost forgot about them...lol

Yesssssssss that's it...lol thanks TJohn

See, i selected that option when i installed it the first time...It asked to do the "upgrade only" leaving all files and folders intact, or a clean install, wiping out all settings and such, and i chose clean install... It did ask tho, if i wanted to do something with the partition, and it wouldn't let me redo or delete it, then it restarted, so maybe the second time through on it's own, it seleced update only? A couple program folders were left on the drive, but none of the files worked, and they didnt' amount to much space, so i manually deleted them... LOL thanks guys...I have a feeling tonight is going to be a late late night...at least the kids are sick, so i can sleep a lil later in the morning instead of getting up to send them to school...lol Jen

Thanks Wade....it doesn't look good.... I still think i'm missing something...4 gigs?? would it help, to fdisk the drive, install 98 and input the reg code to wipe out the drive completely..(have to have a working reg code for the xp upgrade disk to work) then do the upgrade again? Or am i really not gonna gain that much space?

translation me thinks our sexy single(?) mod got a life...lol

real life is for those people who...who like being shoved and bumped and given that evil eye in the checkout lane in a packed grocery store...who like to drive on icey roads just for the fun of it, while freezing your toes off dodging oncoming sliding traffic....who like listening to the neighbors complain about their aunt suzie's toe falling off and about how nasty their monthly per...oooooo lol sorry guys....got a bit distracted for a moment....what was we talkin about? ohhhhhh AS has been very busy lately it seems offline...but i saw clay lurking about somewhere, dun know if he does that or not, but might be able to hunt down the MIA AS...heh huh who where wha??? Jen

This seems to be going around rosity...i been seein threads about it everywhere...some suggest virus scans, some suggest spyware removal like spybot.com and adaware.. I don't seem to rememeber anyone actually posting what worked to get rid of it...but the suggestion that was made till the bug is removed, was to always preview before posting, remove the attached link in the preview window, then click post. May be easier if you wanna still get ebots.. Good luck with it!! Jen

Attached Link: http://www.petersharpe.com/Tutorial12.htm

LOL Drac, what's next? DON'T ASK!!! HAHAHAHAHA slips off mumbling bout what good is it to be able to legally buy alcohol if'n ya got kids and no babysitter..and ya too old to fit in at the clubs and bars...

do a search on this forum for Bryce 6, you'll get lots of info.... there's too many links to post right off cause i gotta run, but have a look.. Jen

LOLOL I've been trying not to look at the other entries so my ideas dont' get washed down the drain, but i just had to come see what kind of ideas one of the creators of this challenge theme had in mind..lol Anyhow, that nonsense said, great job! maybe some more water swirlies reflecting? and less light glow on the horizon... Jen

Thankssssssssssssssssss bunchessssssssssss You two just saved me replacing about 100 lights...LOL knew i waited for a reason! Hugssssssssss and smoooooochiesssss

Ok, it's been temporarily fixed... (soon as the "within the hour" is up) Brass texture removed from the zip, it was too huge... The brass i used, was the bryce 5 corroded brass preset with bump height of 0. Easy to do...lol Jen